French court increases sentence of man convicted of raping Gisele Pelicot
A French court on Thursday rejected the appeal of a former construction worker found guilty last year of the aggravated rape of Gisele Pelicot, and in...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Russia must not “deceive” either Ukraine or the United States over a potential ceasefire, noting that Moscow’s stance now appears to be shifting.
In his daily video address, Zelenskyy reviewed the latest developments in the war, stating that he had visited the front line in the Sumy region earlier today and received operational updates from military commanders.
The Ukrainian leader also confirmed that he had spoken by phone with US President Donald Trump. During the call, they discussed the meeting held in Moscow between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump’s Special Envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff.
“The just conclusion of this war is our priority. It seems that Russia is becoming more inclined towards a ceasefire. But what matters most is that they do not deceive us – neither us nor the United States,” Zelenskyy stressed.
He added that Ukraine would continue to defend its independence and that consultations between Ukrainian officials and allied security advisers are expected in the near future to coordinate a common stance on the matter.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
A French court on Thursday rejected the appeal of a former construction worker found guilty last year of the aggravated rape of Gisele Pelicot, and increased his prison sentence by a year to 10 years, his lawyer said.
President Donald Trump has said that hostages should be released Monday or Tuesday at a cabinet meeting held in the White House on Thursday.
French President Emmanuel Macron stated on Thursday that the coming hours will be crucial for securing peace in Gaza, with the ongoing conference in Paris aimed at complementing the U.S. initiative.
Defence ministers from Türkiye, Azerbaijan and Georgia meet in Ankara, Türkiye on Thursday which included the signing of bilateral and trilateral agreements on boosting regional security.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has survived two attempts to remove her from office after the European Parliament rejected no-confidence motions from hard-right and left-wing groups on Thursday.
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